On Wed, 9 Sep 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > since i saved the output from "dpkg --get-selections" from the > previous install before reformatting the hard drive, i understood > that i could do a bare-bones install, then use "dpkg > --set-selections" to reproduce the package selection and install. > > so, just for fun, i deselected every selection in the package > groups list, and now i'm being asked about where i want to install > LILO. why? if you choose to do a minimal install, is grub somehow > considered too fancy or optional? that's just weird. would > selecting one of those choices give me the grub option back again?
wait, i might have the answer, here: http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Debian/2008-08/msg02319.html except that i *did* make a separate, primary partition for /boot -- /dev/hda1, right at the front of the hard drive. does it have to be bootable? is that what i might have forgotten? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday ======================================================================== -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
